Low Birth Weight

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Low Birth Weight
Piano-Magic-Low-Birth-Weight.jpg
Studio album by
Released1999
Genre Indie rock
Length50:36
Label Rocket Girl
Piano Magic chronology
A Trick of the Sea
(1998)
Low Birth Weight
(1999)
Artists' Rifles
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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NME 7/10 [2]

Low Birth Weight is an album by Piano Magic. [3] It was released in 1999 on Rocket Girl. [4] The cover image is a portion of "The Kittens' Tea Party", by Walter Potter.

Contents

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that "the sparse use of warm analogue electronics and the soft musical complexion bring to mind American bands like Low, although Piano Magic has a distinctly British vibe, owing an appropriate debt to the hypnotic ambience of Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Snowfall Soon" 5:01
  2. "Crown Estate" 4:33
  3. "Bad Patient" 4:59
  4. "The Fun of the Century" 5:01
  5. "Birdymachine" 1:25
  6. "Not Fair" 4:12
  7. "Dark Secrets Look for Light" 4:52
  8. "Snow Drums" 4:59
  9. "Shepherds Are Needed" 5:20
  10. "I Am the Sub-Librarian" 4:25
  11. "Waking Up" 5:49 (Disco Inferno cover)

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References

  1. Taylor, Ken. Low Birth Weight at AllMusic
  2. "Low Birth Weight". NME. 2 May 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. "Nobody's ever heard of my all-time favourite band". the Guardian. October 28, 2008.
  4. "Piano Magic | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. "Piano Magic Low Birth Weight | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.